Championship leader Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes and his closest challenger Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton were both slapped with three place grid penalties on Saturday for this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen on Thursday swerved around questions on his future and declared he was taking things race by race with Red Bull as they work to develop their car.

It is Kimi Antonelli's sixth pole this year and extends Mercedes' run to 10 consecutive poles this season.

Max Verstappen has left his future in Formula 1 open again ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix and praised his "really good" relationship with Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies.

George Russell returned to winning ways after a series of disappointments on Sunday when he claimed a measured victory for Mercedes ahead of Red Bull's four-time champion Max Verstappen in a thrilling Austrian Grand Prix.

Just when it seemed Mercedes' Formula 1 pole position streak was surely at an end, George Russell had other ideas at the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday.

Charles Leclerc was third for Ferrari in the 19-lap preview of Sunday's race at the Miami International Autodrome around the Hard Rock Stadium, while Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen clashed on track.

Charles Leclerc topped the times for Ferrari ahead of Red Bull's revitalised four-time champion Max Verstappen and McLaren's Oscar Piastri in Friday's sole practice session.

Four-time world champion Max Verstappen suggested he could quit Formula 1 at the end of the season after enduring another frustrating race on Sunday in Japan.

A despondent Max Verstappen labelled his Red Bull car "undriveable" after the four-time world champion qualified a lowly 11th for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen took a break from a frustrating Formula One season by driving in a four-hour race at the Nuerburgring in Germany on Saturday where he won only to be disqualified.

Australia was the Dutchman's eighth Q1 exit since he joined the pinnacle of motorsport in 2015 with then-Toro Rosso.

F1 heads into a new era this year starting Sunday at the Australian Grand Prix, with unprecedented changes.

A new era in Formula One revs up this week with Lando Norris starting his world title defence and Cadillac making their debut at a wide-open Australian Grand Prix that will test the impact of sweeping rule changes.

The start of any Formula One season is a game of smoke and mirrors: this one, which gets underway in Melbourne on March 8, has the added intrigue of sweeping changes that could shake up the established order.

Arvid Lindblad - Formula 1's latest rookie sensation - traces his maternal roots back to India, and visited the country just a week before his F1 debut, opening up on a number of aspects on and off the race track.

Formula 1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali broke silence following four-time champion Max Verstappen's recent comments hinting that his career is "closer to the end".

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton tested for the entire day and was second to Antonelli by more than half a second.